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At the heart of a Sage's education is a commitment to educating the whole person. That philosophy is integral to our admission process as well, so we consider all of the merits of our individual applicants when making admissions decisions. With that in mind, we've updated our admission policy so that students have an option of submitting their standardized test scores, but they are not required to do so. Below you will find the answers to frequently asked questions regarding our test optional policy.
Are Sage's admission standards changing?
No. Sage has always considered a student's academic record to be the most important part of the application, as it has consistently been the best predictor of future success in college. In addition to the academic record, the admission office also closely reviews the student's recommendations, personal essay, extra-curricular activities, and other achievements.
Can students who do not submit scores still be considered for merit-based
Yes. All applicants, regardless of whether scores are submitted, will be considered for all available merit based financial aid.
How do I know if I should submit my scores?
If a student believes that the test scores provide further evidence of academic ability, he/she is encouraged to submit those scores. If a student does not feel that the SAT or ACT scores accurately reflect academic performance and/or ability, the student should not submit them.
Do any programs require SAT or ACT scores?
Although Sage no longer requires standardized test scores for admission, students who are applying the programs with links to other institutions (Early Assurance Medical and Physician Assistant programs with Albany Medical College and Six Year Law Program with Albany Law School and Suffolk Law School) must submit scores.
Because the MCAT is required for application to medical schools we encourage students interested in pursuing pre-medical education to take a standardized test whether or not they choose to submit it in their application to Sage. Experience has shown that the results may be useful in advising you later on in your college career.
In addition, international students from non-English speaking countries are still required to submit some evaluative form of proficiency of the English Language (IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, or ACT) and home-schooled students who have written evaluations must submit the SAT or ACT.
Students who decide to enroll at Sage as a first year student may be required to completed assessment tests prior to the start of their first semester. This is used to assist in placement only. This information will be provided by the Office of Academic Advising on each campus.
If I do not submit scores, is anything additional required for my application?
No. We do not require extra materials in lieu of test scores. While an interview is not required, it is highly recommended for all applicants, especially those students who decide not to submit test scores.
What if I submitted my scores before I decided I would like to apply without them?
If a student submits scores, or if the scores appear on the high school transcript and the student prefers to not have the SAT/ACT scores reviewed, the scores will not be considered in the application review process.
How do I let the College know not to review my test scores?
A student can indicate on the Sage's College Supplement to the Common Application that he/she does not want their test scores considered. If this option is not selected, the Admission Office will use test scores in the evaluation process.
How do I apply to Sage?
You can use Sage's online application or the Common Application at www.commonapp.org
For additional questions regarding Sage and the college application process, please contact the Admission Office at (518) 244-2217 or (518) 292-1730.
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These three villages were once thriving communities in the eastern part of Toronto Township. Burnhamthorpe, at the junction of Burnhamthorpe and Dixie Roads, originally called Sandy Hill or Sand Hill, was renamed by John Abelson for his birthplace in England. Dixie, in the area of Cawthra and Dundas, previously known as Sydenham, was named in honour of famous Erindale physician, Dr. Beaumont Dixie. Very little trace is left of the hamlet of Summerville, once a stop on the Credit Valley Railway, which was located at Dundas Street and Etobicoke Creek.
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Obama calls Philippine president
President Obama phoned Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday to express the nation's "deep condolences" over typhoon damage and to pledge U.S. assistance.
White House press secretary Jay Carney read out the call:
"This morning President Obama spoke with President Aquino of the Philippines to express our deep condolences to the lives lost and damage caused by super-Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, one of the largest, strongest storms to ever hit land.
"Over the weekend the president directed the administration to mount a swift and coordinated response to save lives and provide assistance to alleviate suffering. USAID and the Department of Defense are providing significant assistance to the people of Philippines.
"Even before the storm reached land, USAID had deployed a disaster assistance response team to the area. After landfall, U.S. Marines were some of the first to help deliver supplies for the relief effort. American aircraft are delivering vital assistance and equipment.
"The United States is also providing food aid to feed tens of thousands of people in the coming days.
"Additionally, the aircraft carrier, U.S. George Washington, and several escort ships are on their way to the Philippines. On arrival, they will help expand search and rescue operations, provide medical care and serve as platforms for a base of helicopters working to deliver supplies."
"Our State Department and USAID team, on the ground, is coordinating with local officials and other organizations, and in the days ahead the United States will continue to work with the Philippines to deliver whatever help we can as quickly as possible."


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Hillside Cemetery at 1401 Woodland Avenue in Scotch Plains was originally purchased as farm land and then later turned over to a non-profit group as a cemetery. It is the final resting place of Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) who was a Massachusetts born author and the first recipient of the William Dean Howells Medal for Distinction in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. One of her more famous writings was Collected Ghost Stories, containing supernatural stories such as "The Shadows on the Wall" and "The Lost Ghost."
Hillside Cemetery is also the final resting place of actor Dudley Moore, famous for his 1981 film Arthur.
William Nelson Runyon, the 50th NJ Governor, is also interred at Hillside, along with several US Congressmen.
Eli Long (1837-1900) was a Civil War Union Major General who is interred at Hillside Cemetery. Also interred at Hillside is Julian Scott (1846-1901) who was a Drummer boy for Third Vermont Infantry and is a Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. The main gallery at Johnson State College, in Johnson, Vermont, is named in Julian Scott's honor.
Fairview Cemetery in Westfield was founded in 1868 and is the final resting place of Virginia Apgar, famous for developing the Apgar Score system to test the health of a newborn. Joseph Collins, also interred at Fairview Cemetery, played for the New York Yankees from 1948 through 1957, including seven World Series competitions. Claydes Smith, guitarist for Kool and the Gang, died in 2006 and is interred at Fairview as well.
The Fairview Cemetery's most notorious residents are the Lists. Frederick, Helen, John, and Patricia List were all killed by John Emil List who disappeared for 18 years before being captured and sentenced to life in prison.
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory on North Broad Street in Hillside is the final resting place of Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General James Bomford and of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients William Brant, Jr., Rufus King, and James Madison Drake. Adoniram Judson Clark, a Civil War Union Army Officer who commanded Battery B of the New Jersey Light Artillery is also buried there, as is Civil War Union Army Officer Adolphus Johnson, who commanded the 1st New Jersey Militia. Civil War Union Army Officer Luther Martin served as the Captain of Company D in the 11th New Jersey Infantry is buried at Evergreen as well.
Seven United States Congress men are also interred at Evergreen Cemetery.
Novelist and poet, Newark born Stephen Crane died at the age of 28 and is interred at Evergreen Cemetery. He is perhaps best known for his novel The Red Badge of Courage about a young Union soldier named Henry Fleming. Crane himself had never fought in battle.
Author Barton Wood Currie, who wrote the story of Peary's polar expeditions, is also buried at Evergreen.
Mary Mapes Dodge, author of Hans Brinker, the Silver Skates, died in 1905 and was buried at Evergreen. Edward Stratemeyer, author of The Bobbsey Twins is also buried at Evergreen.
Hazelwood Cemetery on Lake Avenue in Rahway is the final resting place of Civil War Union Brevet Major General Harvey Brown.
Rahway Cemetery on Saint Georges Avenue in Rahway is the final resting place of two Civil War Union Army Officers. Walter Bramhall commanded the 6th Battery of the New York Independent Volunteer Light Artillery and John Cladek served as Colonel of the 35th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.
Rahway Cemetery is also the final resting place of one unknown woman who was the victim of a Victorian murder mystery. She was in her early 20s with blue eyes and brown hair when her unidentified body was found early in the morning of March 25, 1887 in the mud on Rahway's Central Avenue. Her throat had been slashed and her face had been beaten. When she was killed, she was wearing a feather trimmed green dress and carrying a basket of eggs. No one ever came forward to identify the mystery woman or to provide any information.


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The Devereaux Recipe
We've always liked sparkling wine with a splash of elderflower liqueur, but this highball from Freemans restaurant in NYC raises the bar a bit with the addition of Bulleit Bourbon and some tart lemon to even it out. There's no need to buy fancy sparkling wine for this drink; our test cocktail was delicious with $11 Domaine Saint-Vincent sparkling wine from New Mexico.
Note: To make simple syrup, combine 1 cup water with 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Cool before using. Simple syrup will keep in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
- Yield:makes 1 cocktail
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:10 minutes
- 1 ounce Bulleit bourbon
- 1/2 ounce St. Germain elderflower liqueur
- 1/2 ounce fresh juice from 1 lemon
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup (see note)
- About 3 ounces sparkling wine
- Garnish: large mint leaf
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add bourbon, St. Germain, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
Top with sparkling wine and garnish with mint leaf.


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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White
US author & humorist (1899 – 1985)
Releasing a working version to customers every two weeks is fun.
- It is fun for customers who use the features instead of watching fictitious "product road maps".
- It is fun for developers who see their work is actually used.
- It is fun for the executives who can change the business priorities quickly.
- If is fun for product managers who can measure actual usage.
- It is fun for the R&D manager ,as the problems can not be hidden for long.
In my company, we delivered 72 versions to customers in three years.
Here is one way to do it:
- Hire top talent for development , QA , IT and operations.
- Deliver the product as a Service (SaaS). Upgrading one instance is much easier than upgrading 10,000.
- Bi weekly synchronization meetings on Monday and Thursday. Monday is just team leaders and Thursday is all of R&D.
- Invest early in QA automation. We invested $20,000 in Automation infrastructure at a very early stage.
- Invest in Unit-Testing as much as possible.
- Avoid branching. Branches are evil. Merges are Yikes. One branch is good, two is max.
- Invest in the "Ugly stuff". Deployment scripts, upgrade scripts, database consistency.
- Constructive dictatorship. Every code change has a ticket. Every. No exceptions.Really.
- First week is for coding. Than it is feature freeze. Three days for QA and bug fixes.Code freeze. Two days for final QA and critical fixes only. Release on Sunday.
In the next post I'll try to answer the tricky questions: What about longer features? How not to scare the customers? and more.


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I didn't get to read this NY Times article from Saturday until just now. Gentelmen...start your shredders...
The investigation by a federal grand jury, which began more than a year ago, has created alarm on Capitol Hill, especially with the announcement Friday of criminal charges against Michael Scanlon, Mr. Abramoff's former lobbying partner and a former top House aide to Representative Tom DeLay.
Scholars who specialize in the history and operations of Congress say that given the brazenness of Mr. Abramoff's lobbying efforts, as measured by the huge fees he charged clients and the extravagant gifts he showered on friends on Capitol Hill, almost all of them Republicans, the investigation could end up costing several lawmakers their careers, if not their freedom.
"I think this has the potential to be the biggest scandal in Congress in over a century," said Thomas E. Mann, a Congressional specialist at the Brookings Institution.
But before anybody gets too excited about all of this, remember: this word is coming out of the Bush Justice Dept. which means it will all depend on who gets ahold of the case --- the crime-fighting career professionals or the Bush appointees. Notice this passage from the same article:
Given just some of what we already know about the corruption and cronyism at DoJ and their willingness to follow the marching orders from above, it would be little surprise if Cullen's "prediction" comes to pass.


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Macy's Fourth of July fireworks display in NYC: Where to watch
If there ever was a time to get in touch with that cousin who has a roof deck in Hell's Kitchen or that friend with a penthouse in Hoboken, pick up the phone this week: The Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks is upon us (212-494-4495, macys.com/fireworks). It's the 37th annual edition, and the nation's largest fireworks display will be launched from four barges in the Hudson River just off midtown Manhattan.
The show starts around 9:25 p.m. Lasting 25 minutes, the display is made up of more than 40,000 "effects" -- 1,800 shells a minute. The Empire State Building will be getting in on the act, too, when its unique LED lights put on a display synchronized with the fireworks.
He's won eight Grammys and sold 50 million records, but until now Usher has never helped design and ignite a fireworks display. The easy part was presumably the musical cues, and the superstar has lined up tunes from Rihanna, Frank Sinatra and Kelly Clarkson, among others, to sync up with the pyrotechnics. But working with brother-act fireworks designers Jim and Gary Souza, Usher also gave some input into the look of the show. And an "Usher shell" named in his honor will be among the unique visual treats this year.
River-facing rooftop decks, rooftop bars and high-rise patios are great, from both sides of the river. On the ground, the NYPD restricts the area tightly. (Areas you'd think would work, like the Hudson River Park in the West Village or Battery Park City, are off-limits.) The go-to zone is from 24th Street to 59th Street on the West Side Highway, and selected access streets; check macys.com for more info. The NYPD limits you from bringing pretty much anything, so coolers, backpacks and the like will cause you a hassle.
Sometimes it pays to spend a little money for a good view of the show. Circle Line Cruises throws a party, beginning at 7 p.m., on its midtown pier jutting into the Hudson from 42nd Street, complete with DJ and food for purchase ($99 in advance, $104 day of, 212-563-3200, circleline42.com). Starting at 6 p.m., Sky Room Times Square, the city's highest rooftop lounge, offers a place to watch and a picnic buffet for $100 (330 W. 40th, 212-380-1195, skyroomnyc.com).
There are two ways to enjoy the Plunge Rooftop Bar + Lounge at Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC (18 Ninth Ave., 212-206-6700, gansevoorthotelgroup.com): Reserve a table for $250 a person or pick general admission for $50. Either way, there's a DJ and a full menu, including dishes like BLT lobster rolls.


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From the airport Lyon Saint-Exupery to Lyon Center:
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On the first day of class, the 21st of June, there is the Music Festival in all of France, which means music all day and all night in different places. For more information about the festival go HERE.
On the Hill of Fourvière and near the Basilic, there is the Gallo-Roman Theater. All summer, you will be able to discover the night of fourvière. In this theater without a roof, there are concerts, performances, movies… If you would like to attend, it's highly recommended to book in advance HERE.
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What do UCLA, North Carolina, Kentucky, Duke and Kansas have in common with Ohio State?
The answer is obviously not football. The Buckeyes have celebrated five consensus national championships in that sport, five more than the Bruins, Tar Heels, Wildcats, Blue Devils and Jayhawks have won combined.
When the conversation turns to basketball, however, the overriding conjecture is that the Buckeyes do not belong in that group of elite programs. And that is where the overriding conjecture is dead wrong.
I mentioned this in a previous column a couple of years ago, but in light of the Ohio State basketball team making its 11th trip to the Final Four, it bears repeating.
Back in 1989 when Gary Williams was head coach of the Buckeyes, the two of us were visiting in the coach's office at St. John Arena. At one point during the interview, Williams wheeled around in his chair, looked outside his second-story window and said something to the effect of "I'll never understand why this school doesn't support basketball the way it does football."
Without much thought about how it would sound, I immediately replied, "Well, Coach, there's a simple explanation and part of it is why your office is located on Woody Hayes Drive and not Fred Taylor Drive."
Williams didn't like it, but the implication was clear. Ohio State was then, is now and always has been a football school. That has to do with any number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that the football program generates many, many more dollars than the basketball team.
Football is also the sport where most Buckeye fans get their identity. Ask 100 fans to name their favorite Ohio State sports memory and chances are 95 of them will have to do with football.
In terms of championships, however – or at least in terms of playing for championships – the basketball Buckeyes are very much on par with their football brethren.
Ohio State celebrates those five consensus national championships in football (1942, 1954, 1957, 1968 and 2002) and several more if you count the National Championship Foundation title in 1944, the championship awarded by the Football Writers Association of America in 1961 and the trophy handed out in 1970 by the National Football Foundation.
Meanwhile, the men's basketball team has only the 1960 national title banner hanging in the rafters of the Schottenstein Center.
But with the basketball Buckeyes making their 11th trip to the Final Four, the program has cemented its claim to join elite status with the aforementioned cage powerhouses. Only UCLA (18), North Carolina (18), Kentucky (15), Duke (15) and Kansas (14) have made more trips to the Final Four than Ohio State.
The perception of Ohio State as a football school was steeped mightily by the Woody Hayes era that began in 1951, produced its first national championship in 1954 and became an all-encompassing behemoth in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
It was Taylor's unfortunate fate to serve as basketball coach of the Buckeyes during the same era as Hayes. Taylor's persona of mild-mannered tactician made far fewer headlines than his football counterpart's bombastic personality. But the truth of the matter is that Taylor's best years were more successful than any comparable stretch Hayes put together.
From 1960-63, the basketball team posted a 98-10 record (a .907 winning percentage) with four straight Big Ten titles, three trips to the Final Four and one national championship. Hayes' best four-year span came between 1972 and '75 when the football team went 40-5-1, good for an .880 winning percentage, won the Big Ten championship each year and appeared in a record-setting four straight Rose Bowls.
Still, Ohio State football has generally always trumped Ohio State basketball in the minds of most fans. Not that it should be that way. There should be room to embrace both programs by the majority of Buckeye Nation.
And why not? Florida proved in 2007 that national championships can be won both in football and basketball (victimizing Ohio State in the process of capturing both). Now, with Urban Meyer patrolling the halls of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and Thad Matta marking his second trip to the Final Four in the past six seasons, why can't the Buckeyes be national championship contenders in both sports?
History dictates they always have been.
** Did anyone notice that Syracuse began to leave William Buford alone on the offensive end during the final minutes of the regional final game? The OSU senior's late-season shooting slump became more pronounced in the NCAA Tournament. After scoring 17 points on 5-for-11 shooting in the tourney opener against Loyola, Buford went 8 for 33 (24.2 percent) in the next three games vs. Gonzaga, Cincinnati and Syracuse.
Look, the last thing I would ever want to do is dump on a kid who has played his guts out for Ohio State these past four years. Likewise, I know Matta feels he owes Buford a huge debt of gratitude for his years of service. But doesn't the coach also owe his only senior the chance to win a championship ring even if it means some Final Four bench time?
** Imagine one game with this scenario: Jared Sullinger gets his normal double-double, Aaron Craft has an overall game like he did against Gonzaga, Deshaun Thomas lights up the scoreboard as he did against Loyola, Lenzelle Smith Jr. rains in threes the way he did against Cincinnati and Syracuse and Buford shakes off his lengthy slump and finally plays the way we know he's capable of playing.
No opponent – not even heavy favorite Kentucky – could match that kind of firepower.
** How do you like this starting five for next season: Craft at the point, Smith at shooting guard, LaQuinton Ross and Sam Thompson at forward and Amir Williams at center.
Craft is already a star and Smith only needs consistency to become one. Ross has an impressive skill set, Thompson can literally jump out of any gym and Williams will become better and better the more experience he gets.
Of course, that starting five is minus Sullinger and Thomas. This year was a gift from Sullinger, who could have gone to the NBA last year and been a lottery pick. As for Thomas, continued success through the Final Four will likely mean he's gone next year as well.
** Did you know the NCAA Tournament is the brainchild of a former Ohio State basketball coach? In 1938, OSU head coach Harold Olsen, also a past president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, proposed the concept of a national championship tournament. The first tourney was held the following season at Patten Gymnasium on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Ill., with Olsen's Buckeyes losing to Oregon in the title game. Olsen remained tournament chairman from its inception until 1946.
** Did you further know the term "Final Four" also has Ohio roots? It first appeared that year in an article for "The Official Collegiate Basketball Guide" and was coined by Cleveland Plain Dealer sportswriter Ed Chay. In the story, Chay simply mentioned that "outspoken coach Al McGuire's (Marquette) team was one of the final four" during the previous season's tournament. Someone at the NCAA liked the phrase and the governing body of college sports later trademarked it.
** McGuire is credited with first referring to the NCAA Tournament as "The Big Dance." During his team's run to the 1977 championship, the coach wore the same blue blazer for each regular-season game. When asked if he would continue to wear the blazer in the NCAA Tournament, McGuire replied, "Absolutely. You gotta wear the blue blazer when you go to the big dance."


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Today, President Obama has endorsed a southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. "As long as I'm president, I'm going to keep encouraging the development of oil and gas infrastructure," Obama said in a speech in Cushing, Okla.
As the president spoke, Native American pipeline protesters were 'caged' miles away from the event.
Native American activists in Oklahoma have expressed outrage at the proposal of the pipeline as it will "desecrate known sacred sites and artifacts" on its path to refineries in Texas, in addition to the evident environmental degradation involved.
Local authorities have forced the activists to hold their protest in a cage erected in Memorial Park far away from the speech. "The protestors were stunned that their community, so long mistreated, would be insulted in such an open manner instead of being given the same freedom of speech expected by all Americans simply for taking a stance consistent with their values," reports the Global Justice Ecology Project.
#Obama: "As long as I'm president I'm going to keep encouraging the development of oil and gas infrastructure" #promiseofcleanenergy
— Friends of the Earth (@foe_us) March 22, 2012
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BREAKING NEWS: Native Americans Protest Keystone XL From A Cage (Global Justice Ecology Project):
"President Obama is an adopted member of the Crow Tribe, so his fast-tracking a project that will desecrate known sacred sites and artifacts is a real betrayal and disappointment for his Native relatives everywhere," said Marty Cobenais of the Indigenous Environmental Network. "Tar sands is devastating First Nations communities in Canada already and now they want to bring that environmental, health, and social devastation to US tribes."
The President visited Cushing to stand with executives from TransCanada and throw his support behind a plan to build the southern half of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline to move tar sands bitumen and crude oil from Cushing to the Gulf Coast refineries in Texas.
A major concern for Native Americans in Oklahoma, according to spokespeople at the event, is that Keystone XL and the Canadian tar sands mines that would supply it ignore impacts to indigenous communities and their sacred spaces.
"Natives in Canada live downstream from toxic tar sands mines," said Earl Hatley, "and they are experiencing spikes in colon, liver, blood and rare bile-duct cancers which the Canadian government and oil companies simply ignore. And now they want to pipe these tar sands through the heart of Indian country, bulldozing grave sites and ripping out our heritage."
The group points to a survey done by the Oklahoma Archeological Survey which found 88 archaeological sites and 34 historic structures that were threatened by Keystone XL. TransCanada was asked to reroute around only a small portion of these, leaving 71 archaeological sites and 22 historic structures at risk. The group says they have asked for a list of these sites and to oversee operations that might threaten sacred burial grounds, but neither request has been honored. [...]
"The Ogallala Aquifer is not the only source of water in the plains," said RoseMary Crawford, Project Manager of the Center for Energy Matters. "Tar sands pipelines have a terrible safety record and leaks are inevitable."
"We can't stop global warming with more fossil fuel pipelines," added Crawford. "The people who voted for this President did so believing he would help us address the global environmental catastrophe that our pollution is creating. He said he would free us from 'the tyranny of oil.' Today that campaign promise is being trampled to boost the President's poll numbers."
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I posted my Bettor's Guide for the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs earlier this week. This post updates the information for today's games – Houston v Cincinnati and Detroit v New Orleans – including the latest spreads, the announcers, and the TV schedule.
Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans
- Bengals-Texans Date, Time, and TV: Saturday, January 7th at 4:30 on NBC
- Bengals-Texans Announcers: Tom Hammond, Mike Mayock, and Alex Flanagan
- Bengals-Texans Point Spread: Texans -4 (up from -3 earlier in the week)
- Bengals-Texans Over-Under: 39
- Bengals-Texans Spread Pick: I know that the trendy pick here will be Cincinnati because they have the hot young studs in AJ Green and Andy Dalton while the Texans are a mess at QB and have dealt with injuries all year. I'm still picking the Texans though, mainly because they are at home. Houston fans have been waiting for this moment ever since pro football came back to the city. While I don't think NFL fans can will a team to victory like fans can in college basketball, if there is any place in the NFL that could do it, it would be partisans in Reliant Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Houston still has an effective ground game, plus Andre Johnson back to keep defenses honest. The return of Wade Phillips will also help the defense, as it did in Week 17. And Cincinnati, as exciting as they are with their young talent, still has a lot of young talent in key positions. Their time will come, I think; it just won't be this day. Bengals-Texans free pick: Texans -4 (No change in my pick, as Andy Dalton's bout with the flu this week has me even more worried about how he will play.)
- MSF: Bengals-Texans Preview and Prediction
Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints
- Lions-Saints Date, Time, and TV: Saturday, January 7th at 8:00 on NBC
- Lions-Saints Announcers: Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya
- Lions-Saints Point Spread: Saints -10.5 (same as earlier in the week)
- Lions-Saints Over-Under: 58.5
- Lions-Saints Spread Pick: TAKE THE OVER!!! That's my pick. Though, I have to say, now that everyone is commenting on how attractive the over is, I'm starting to think this might be one of those games that defies expectation and becomes lower scoring than we think. … Ah hell, what am I saying, not a chance. Drew Brees and Matthew Stafford are going to be directing a spectacular fireworks show on Saturday, and it will make this the most entertaining game of the weekend. I just don't think it will be particularly close. Atlanta always plays the Saints tough, yet New Orleans throttled them two weeks ago on MNF. Last week, the Saints throttled a Carolina team that had been playing much better football of late. If Detroit couldn't be the Packers with Matt Flynn at QB and no Greg Jennings, what makes us think they can compete in New Orleans against Drew Brees and a healthy complement of weapons? Regardless though, congrats to the Lions for making it this far. Even with a loss Saturday, this season is an unequivocal victory for Detroit. Lions-Saints free pick: Saints -10.5
We should have a Saints-Lions preview up later on in the day.


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From Grant in Toronto:
The Toronto Public Library has 8 copies of the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and guess what collection it's under?
Non-fiction! Hooray!
By the way, why don't authors bitch when their books are being "illegally shared" at the library? How is that not analogous to a musicians work being shared on the internet? You have my permission to buy and share the Gospel with as many people as you like. Spread the Word.